UK Government Tenders & Contracts Finder
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from $8.00 / 1,000 tender record delivereds
UK Government Tenders & Contracts Finder
Get every UK public tender from Find a Tender + Contracts Finder as clean, harmonized records. Filter by keyword, CPV, stage, date. First 25 records free, then $0.008/record - no subscription.
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Every UK public tender from both official portals — Find a Tender + Contracts Finder — in one clean feed. Pennies per record.
UK public procurement is split across two official government portals. Find a Tender carries the high-value (above-threshold) procurements; Contracts Finder carries the sub-threshold contracts. Almost every tool covers only one of them — and the commercial tender-alert industry charges £99–475/month for access to the same public data.
This actor pulls from both official government APIs, harmonizes every notice into one clean, sheet-ready record, and charges $0.008 per record — with the first 25 records of every run free.
What you get
One flat record per tender, identical shape across both portals — drop it straight into a spreadsheet, CRM, or pipeline:
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
ocid | Open Contracting ID (globally unique per procurement) |
title | Tender title |
buyerName | Buying organisation |
buyerContactName / buyerContactEmail / buyerContactPhone | Buyer contact, where published |
valueAmount / valueCurrency | Contract value |
deadline | Submission deadline (tender stage) |
cpvCodes | CPV category codes |
stage | planning · tender · award |
portal | fts (Find a Tender) or cf (Contracts Finder) |
noticeUrl | Direct link to the official notice page |
publishedDate | When the notice was published/updated |
description | Description snippet |
rawOcds | Full original OCDS release (optional, off by default) |
Pricing
- First 25 records per run: FREE. A default run is a complete, zero-cost sample.
- $0.008 per record after that. 1,000 fresh tenders ≈ $8 — versus £99–475/month for commercial alert platforms covering the same public data.
- Pure pay-per-event: no run-start fee. Tune your filters and re-run freely.
Usage
Typical inputs:
- All new tenders from the last 3 days (default): run with no input — free 25-record sample.
- IT tenders open for bids:
keywords: "software, IT, digital",stage: "tender",maxItems: 500 - Construction, high-value only:
cpvCodes: ["45"],portal: "fts" - Everything awarded last month, with full OCDS:
stage: "award",dateFrom: "2026-06-01",dateTo: "2026-07-01",includeRawOcds: true
Input reference
| Field | Type | Default | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
keywords | string | — | Comma-separated phrases; ANY match in title/description/buyer |
cpvCodes | array | — | CPV prefixes (hierarchical: 45 = all construction) |
dateFrom / dateTo | string | last 3 days | ISO date or datetime |
stage | enum | all | planning · tender · award |
portal | enum | both | fts · cf · both |
maxItems | integer | 25 | Cap on returned records |
dedupeByOcid | boolean | true | One record per procurement |
includeRawOcds | boolean | false | Attach the full government OCDS block |
Data source & freshness
Records come directly from the two official government OCDS APIs (no scraping, no middleman):
- Find a Tender — high-value UK procurements (filtered by record update time)
- Contracts Finder — sub-threshold contracts (filtered by publication time)
Both publish in the Open Contracting Data Standard. Data is as fresh as the government publishes it — typically same-day.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
FAQ
Why both portals? UK procurement law splits notices by value. Watching only one portal misses either the big contracts or the accessible sub-threshold ones. This actor is the single harmonized feed.
How is this different from tender-alert platforms? Same public data, no subscription. You pay per record retrieved, in pennies, and get structured data instead of email alerts.
Can I monitor continuously? Schedule the actor (e.g. daily) with your filters; each run picks up what's new in the window. Deduplicate downstream by ocid.
